Development of unconventional method for mapping the surface hydrothermal alteration in Wayang Windu geothermal field

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syafrizal ◽  
Arie Naftali Hawu Hede ◽  
Nurul Magrfirah
Lithos ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 322 ◽  
pp. 347-361
Author(s):  
Surendra P. Verma ◽  
Kailasa Pandarinath ◽  
Rajneesh Bhutani ◽  
Jitendra K. Dash

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 260-271
Author(s):  
Kailasa Pandarinath ◽  
Rajasekhariah Shankar ◽  
E. Santoyo ◽  
Shwetha B. Shetty ◽  
America Yosiris García-Soto ◽  
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Author(s):  
Lucía Magali Ramírez-González ◽  
Muhammad Aufaristama ◽  
Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir ◽  
Ármann Höskuldsson ◽  
þorvaldur þórðarson ◽  
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Geothermics ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kailasa Pandarinath ◽  
Peter Dulski ◽  
Ignacio S. Torres-Alvarado ◽  
Surendra P. Verma

Clay Minerals ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ö. I. Ece ◽  
P. A. Schroeder ◽  
M. J. Smilley ◽  
J. M. Wampler

AbstractThe Biga Peninsula of NW Turkey is host to six major halloysite deposits in the Go¨nen, Yenice and Balya districts. Mineralization took place in areas of Permian limestone blocks where the Triassic Karakaya Complex is in contact with early Miocene calc-alkaline volcanic rocks. Hypogene halloysite mineralization was controlled by the intersection of minor faults in the vicinity of clay deposits. During the Pleistocene, activity of the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) brought ascending geothermal solutions through the fault zones to the surface, which led to hydrothermal alteration and halloysite formation. N-MORB normalized element values for each halloysite deposit and the volcanic rocks suggest genetic links. Alunite and halloysite were formed in the Turplu area where upwelling hydrothermal waters contained major H2S and SO2acids. Only halloysite mineralization occurred in outflow areas of the same fossil geothermal field.Pyrite and alunite samples from the Turplu deposits have δ34S values of 0.6–1.8% and 4.8–7.9%, respectively, with values for gypsum of 3.1–3.5%. The δ34S values of pyrite suggest that local meteoric waters had partially mixed with the dominant fluid during the closure stage of fossil hydrothermal activities. The range of δD values of halloysite samples from Turplu is –58.4 to –68.6%. The δ18O values for halloysite are in the range 16.7–18.1%. All halloysite deposits in the study areas are either overlying or adjacent to limestone blocks, and these provide excellent drainage for the discharging geothermal waters. Subsurface drainage systems in the karstic environment and the SO2-bearing thermal waters indicate the importance of acidic waters and the continuous leaching of elements in forming relatively pure hydrated halloysite. A steam-heated dissolution-precipitation model is proposed for the occurrence of all halloysite and alunite deposits. Sulphur gases (H2S-SO2) of hypogene origin rose from deep in the fault zone to the surface where they encountered oxygenated groundwater at the water table. The occurrence of H2SO4in this hydrothermal system enhanced the acidity of geothermal waters provoking advanced argillic alteration. Hypogene alunite deposits also have large P2O5contents, suggesting a parent material with a magmatic origin deeper than the alkaline tuffs. Halloysite is a fast-forming metastable precursor to kaolinite.


2001 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-162
Author(s):  
T. Fernández de la Vega-Márquez ◽  
R. M. Prol-Ledesma ◽  
G. Orozco

Imágenes Landsat TM del campo geotérmico de La Primavera se utilizaron para identificar estructuras principales, y localizar áreas que presentan alteración hidrotermal. Los métodos utilizados en el procesamiento de las imágenes incluyen análisis estadístico univariado y multivariado, así como realce espectral y espacial. La vegetación en el área no se compone de plantas con hojas grandes; sin embargo, sí se presenta interferencia entre el espectro de la vegetación y él de la alteración hidrotermal. Para superar esta interferencia, se utilizaron la técnica de Crosta y el método de Loughlin (Crosta and Moore 1989; Loughlin 1991). Como resultado de este procesado, se logró detectar la presencia de minerales que contienen óxidos de hierro e hidroxilos. Las imágenes resultantes fueron desplegadas en tonos de gris y en composiciones de falso color para resaltar las estructuras principales y las rocas alteradas, respectivamente. Las zonas de alteración identificadas presentan una correlación con los flujos de descarga del yacimiento geotérmico, así como con las estructuras principales que controlan la permeabilidad del yacimiento y de la capa sello. Por lo tanto, la localización en la superficie de las rocas alteradas será de gran utilidad en la identificación de la presencia de descargas de fluidos del yacimiento geotérmico.


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